John Bolaris

John Bolaris (born June 27, 1957) is the chief "meteorologist" for WTXF (Fox-29) in Philadelphia.

Bolaris' most recent tenure was at WCBS-TV, New York. He started his career in 1982 at Metro Weather Service where he worked as a syndicated meteorologist until 1987, when he joined News 12 Long Island. Later that year, he joined WCBS-TV for the first time as the weekend meteorologist and worked there for the next three years.

From 1990 until 2002, he worked at WCAU-TV (NBC-10) in Philadelphia as the chief meteorologist. In 2003, Bolaris returned to CBS-2 in his home city of New York.

On November 1, 2007, it was announced that he would move back to Philadelphia to become the chief weatherman for WTXF-TV, for their 5 p.m and 10 p.m. newscasts. His first broadcast upon his return to Philadelphia was on January 8, 2008. Fox 29's ratings have been down since the previous weatherman, who was fired to make room for him.

He has an associate's degree in applied science from Suffolk County Community College and studied meteorology at the U.S. Air Force Weather Technical School.

Bolaris has won four Emmy awards—three for Best Weathercaster and one for Best Entertainment Host for "Time Out," a show he co-hosted for five years on NBC 10. [ [http://wcbstv.com/bios/local_bio_201163126.html Bolaris' Bio on WCBS web site] ]

He has one daughter, Reina Sofia with The CW 11's (WPIX's) Tiffany McElroy, who also worked with Bolaris at WCAU in Philadelphia.

Storm of the Century

In March 2001, John Bolaris was one of several meteorologists at WCAU (NBC10) in Philadelphia that predicted a "Storm of the Century".

By comparing the upcoming storm to a past storm, Bolaris made a prediction on Friday that scared viewers into staying home and preparing for a major storm. The storm was expected to hit on Sunday of that week but never materialized. Bolaris's last broadcast was Friday and the storm track changed since then.

During the week leading up to the storm, Bolaris urged viewers to stay home and make alternate arrangements for an impending Sunday storm that was to dump snowfall similar to the Blizzard of 1996 that hit Philadelphia. The storm never materialized and only resulted in a couple of inches of snow for the area. He even received death threats following that storm from viewers. [cite web |title=The Most Famous Weatherman in Philadelphia |first=Jessica |last=Pressler |url=http://www.phillymag.com/articles/the_most_famous_weatherman_in_philadelphia |work=Philadelphia Magazine |date=2007-06-01 |accessdate=2007-07-06] .

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